You can also just use \rm
The slash prohibits alias expansion. You could also edit your .bashrc
file. The alias is set up as:
alias rm='rm -i'
But you may really want to consider that. once you have removed a bunch
of stuff you didn't really intend to, this alias might look very nice.
Andreas
Collins Richey wrote:
> On Mandrake 7.2 how does one eliminate the mega-annoying prompt than Mandrake
> in their infinite wisdom has enabled for all users. I can circumvent it by
> entering /bin/rm, etc., but I'd rather kill the beast once and forever.
>
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Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow
Chair of Science
Concordia University College of Alberta
http://www.math.concordia.ab.ca/aguelzow
